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Fred Trueman
Frederick Sewards Trueman
Born: 6 February 1931, Stainton, Yorkshire
Major Teams: Yorkshire, Derbyshire, England.
Known As: Fred Trueman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Test Debut: England v India at Leeds, 1st Test, 1952
Last Test: England v New Zealand at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1965
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1953
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 67 85 14 981 39* 13.81 0 0 64 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 15178 522 6625 307 21.57 8-31 17 3 49.4 2.61
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1949 - 1969)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 603 713 120 9231 104 15.56 3 26 439 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 99858 42154 2304 18.29 8-28 126 25 43.3 2.53
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(career: 1963 - 1972)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 18 14 2 156 28 13.00 0 0 5 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 986 507 28 18.10 6-15 1 1 35.2 3.08
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Not an exceptionally tall man, his exceptionally broad shoulders
in combination with his powerful, cartwheeling action enabled him
to bowl at a seering pace in his younger days. "He had mental
aggression, sheer courage, and a beautiful rhythmic action which
built up from a rolling approach into an unforgettable long final
stride with the body sideways-on" wrote Christopher Martin
Jenkins. Trueman's best weapon was the ability to move the ball
away from the batsman at speed. Adaptable to circumstances he ran
through an Australian Test side in 1961 bowling cutters off a
shortened run. One of the most aggressive bowlers seen on a
cricket field, his belligerent attitude occasionally got him into
trouble with umpires and management. One of the great characters
of the game, he had little understanding of cricket politics, and
was left out of the England side on occasion for non-cricketing
reasons. He took 29 wickets in his debut series at 13.31 against
the 1952 Indians, and left Test cricket 13 years later with a
record 307 wickets at a strike rate of 49.4 (since broken). He
was a useful hard-hitting lower order bat (with three first class
centuries), and a superb fieldsman, particularly at short leg.
After he left Yorkshire, he played for Derbyshire in limited
overs matches in 1972 and has since become a regular commentator
on cricket and a notable TV personality. (Dave Liverman with
thanks to Ashok Sridharan, 1999).
Last Updated: Tuesday, 30-Jul-2002 02:50:42 GMT
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